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Seed XOR Shards

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Splitting seed entropy into XOR-combined shards for backup distribution, with operational and recovery pitfalls.

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Curated resources (3)

• BIP 39: Mnemonic code for generating deterministic keys (article) Seed phrase foundations needed before any entropy-splitting method.
• Bitcoin Design: Backups (article) Backup design patterns and user-risk framing for distributed secret storage.
• Blockchain Commons SmartCustody Book (article) Operational threat models and recovery procedures for advanced backups.

Direct prerequisites (1)

• Backups and Recovery

Direct dependents (0)

• None

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